morning. we'll be pack at 7:25. >> have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow. tragedy in wisconsin. police investigating a mass shooting at a day spa that left four people dead, including the suspected gunman. was he targeting his own wife? this morning, the warning signs in their relationship. dead heat. new nbc news "thll street journal" poll shows the race between president obama and governor romney could not be closer, raising the stakes even higher for tonight's third and final presidential debate. and they walked away, a man stepped into the path of an oncoming car. the split second move that saved his life. today is monday, october 22nd, 2012. from nbc news, this is a

special edition of "today," decision 2012 with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to a special edition of "today," i am savannah guthrie. >> and i'm willie geist in for matt. more on the new poll numbers and tonight's final presidential debate in boca raton. first, savannah, your heart goes out to the victims of the mass shooting in suburban milwaukee. >> terrible story. the shooter identified as 45-year-old radcliffe hot en. he opened fire at a busy salon sunday morning killing three people, wounding four others. he then turned the gun on himself. his wife worked at the spa and had just recently been granted a restraining order against her husband. we're going to get the very

latest on this investigation straight ahead. also this morning, a little encouraging news for drivers. gas prices starting to creep lower a little bit and could plummet by about 50 cents by thanksgiving. we'll let you know why later. speaking of a big plunge, we have dramatic new images to show you of felix baumgartner's record setting jump from space. this morning, what it was like from his point of view when he joins us for an exclusive live interview. but we start with the investigation into that tragic shooting in brookfield, wisconsin. kevin tibbles is there. kevin, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, police say the man suspected of bursting into this day spa behind me here with a gun and opening fire eventually turned that gun on himself. the shooting took place sunday morning. emergency vehicles quickly descended on brookfield square

mall, across the street from the spa. eyewitnesses describe a chaotic scene. >> saw ten people come running out of the back of the building with their hands up screaming. >> saw a female being pulled out by a police officer with towels to her neck, something out of her neck where she got shot at. >> reporter: hours after the shooting, the suspect was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. authorities identified 45-year-old radcliffe hotten as the shooter and described the investigation as large, complex, evolving. police would not identify any of the victims but said his wife worked at the salon and filed for protection from him after her tires were slashed. a four year restraining order was issued against him october 18th. >> we believe this incident is domestic violence related.

>> reporter: it is a two story, 9,000 square foot facility in an affluent community west of milwaukee. police said the size of the building made it difficult to clear the scene. >> it could take days, weeks to figure this out. very large crime scene, a very confused crime scene, getting multiple calls from victims that had been in different parts of the building. >> reporter: the victims went to the hospital with noncritical injuries. survivors who were inside the spa at the time say the gunman forced them all to lie on the ground before he started shooting. police have not said whether or not his wife is among the victims. >> kevin tibbles in brookfield, wisconsin. now back to willie in florida. all right, thank you very much. president obama and governor romney face off here at lynn university in boca raton florida, the third and debate with 15 days until the election.

the race couldn't be tighter. chalk todd, the chief white house correspondent joins us. >> good morning. foreign policy is the topic of tonight's debate. as if on cue, a lot of national security issues are there with iran and libya. it may be why mitt romney made sure he had photo ops, including delray beach where he's hold up. ahead of tonight's faceoff, mitt romney took a debate from debate preparation talking before a beach football game between the staff and reporters that cover him. president obama spent the weekend hunkered down at camp david. with both candidates out of commission sunday, their surrogates spoke out. >> mitt romney wants to basically do george bush's policies and a little more than that. >> the american people have gotten to see mitt romney up close as he offers his vision of the future, what he would do as

president, but even more startling is the president's failure to put forth agenda for the in ex-four years. >> reporter: with other two weeks to go, it is a competitive race. among lightly voters, president obama and mitt romney tied 47 to 47%, a precarious position for an in couple bent president who once led 50 to 45 in mid september. polls show enthusiasm gap between the parties. among registered voters, the president leads 49-44. but 47-47 tie shows republicans are more likely to vote. mr. obama's approval rating is steady at 49%. economic approval down at 46% with foreign policy approval at 49%. the poll shows major red flags for both candidates. the president's biggest red flag, 62% want major changes if reelected.

romney's red flag, likability, 44-43 margin, he is viewed more negatively than positively. and 55% of voters say who wins the presidency will make a great deal of difference in their lives personally, and among that 55%, the race tied 48-48. obama adviser david axelrod said while the polls are closer, there are positive indicators for the president. >> if you look at early voting around the country, it is robust and favorable to us. >> the format for tonight's debate is different once again. the president and mr. romney will be seated at a table, similar to the setup for the biden/ryan vice presidential debate. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. stephanie cutter is president obama's deputy campaign manager. good morning. you heard chuck talk about the polls, has it a dead heat 47-47. you all look state by state.

most think florida, virginia, ohio determine the outcome of the race. in which of those states are you most concerned? >> in florida, virginia, ohio we feel pretty good but this is a tight race all over the country. it now comes down to that small segment of undecided voters. i think tonight will be very important in terms of helping people make their decisions, and you're right, it comes down state by state, the ground game is incredibly important at this moment. here in florida, we have a great ground game, we're turning out voters, we registered a half million people to vote. we feel pretty good about where we are. >> foreign policy is the focus tonight. "the new york times" had a piece yesterday citing obama administration officials saying there's policy in place for direct bilateral talks. does the president think those are a good idea with iran? >> the president led putting together this global coalition

with russia, china, and our allies to pressure iran. the historic sanctions we put on iran, really the economy there is crippled to its knees. >> is it a good idea to sit down face to face in bilateral fashion? >> it is called p-5 plus one, working with global partners with iran. the president said he would be open to one on one talks, but isn't going to allow iran to use that to delay putting end to the nuclear program. >> the white house denies the piece, despite that obama administration officials. >> white house said it is nothing true, there's nothing scheduled. we are part of that global process. we're making real results in ir iran. the economy is being crippled to its knees, political unrest. the president put together our partners, didn't go it alone. he brought china and russia together. it is historically tough sanctions on iran.

>> you will hear the subject of benghazi. there are so many versions of this, the romney campaign is critical of the president for his leadership on this issue. what is the white house account for that day? >> i am on the campaign. i can tell you what i read, but the president has been clear, you know, it was a terrible tragedy took place in benghazi. we lost four american lives. he initiated investigation to get to the bottom of what happened and how we keep embassies safe all over the country. that investigation is running its course. it is important we don't politicize it. every step of the way, information is learned as intelligence is improved of what happened on the ground that night. the president makes it available to members of congress and to the public. it has been a transparent process and he is determined to bring whoever perpetrated this against the four americans will be brought to justice. >> quickly before i let you go, would the president concede this was a foreign policy failure? >> no.

look, we live in a dangerous world. any time american lives are lost it is a terrible tragedy and the president acted quickly to make sure every other embassy was protect protected, we are getting to the bottom of it, we need to work the investigation through. it is important not to politicize this. at other tragedies, the country came together. >> stephanie cutter, thanks so much. most importantly, happy birthday. >> thank you. >> and dan senor, senior adviser for governor romney ee campaign. you heard stephanie talking about the report in "the new york times" about proposed bilateral talks with iran. are there circumstances under which governor romney thinks that's a good idea? >> his overall approach is that we have to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. that's certainly where president obama is. we have a standard with the nuclear weapons capability, but we have to stop this program and

need a diplomat i can solution. no one wants to take military action. it has to be a comprehensive strategy. governor romney is not ruling anything out, he has been clear about that for some time. >> he would sit down for bilateral talks with iran? >> his approach is we have to reach a diplomatic solution. he will not rule out any of these tools that can get iran to the table, get iran to a peaceful resolution of this. let me be clear, as president he has to assess the situation, make a judgment, what's the best way to get there. i think a lot of of americans would believe he would be the better guy to be at the negotiating table on behalf of the united states than president obama, given we are four years closer to iran having a nuclear weapon than when president obama took over. president obama's policy has not been working. having someone new at the table, pursuing every approach available, including diplomacy is what's needed. >> dan, in a romney

administration, if israel calls the white house, says we can't stand this any more, we're launching air strikes on nuclear facilities, what is the response from president romney? >> willie, we get asked questions like that a lot, hypotheticals, what is the trigger pulling moment for us and our allies. it is difficult to have a discussion about this. we believe israel won't be in that situation in a romney administration, there will be no daylight between the united states and israel. president obama talked about putting daylight between the u.s. and israel. our allies, whether israel or gulf arab allies who are concerned about the threat of iran will not be wondering whether or not america can be counted upon, whether the american president's word can be counted upon. we don't believe israel and other alleys will be in that situation. >> what exactly is governor

romney accusing the white house of on benghazi, a coverup or incompetence. >> first, we need to figure out what happened, four americans were killed. this can't happen again. we need to assure that our officials have the proper security. they didn't have the proper security in benghazi. security was denied. we need to get to the bottom of that. in terms of misleading statements after september 11, the question is were those intentional or not. our question to the president is the statements were either misleading by intention or misleading by accident. either way, he has to get to the bottom of it. >> what does the governor suspect? >> he is asking the president of the united states to get to the bottom of why there has been an impen trabl fog of his dimension since september to get straight

answers. information coming out may be misleading inadvertently. the american people deserve full accounting. >> more on this tonight at the debate. dan, thanks so much. watch tonight's final debate at 9:00 eastern, 6 pacific time here on nbc. a programming note, this week, brian williams joins president obama for a series of interviews over the course of two days on the campaign trail. see them wednesday on today and nightly news, thursday on rock center. back to new york where natalie has a check of the other headlines. good morning. good morning to you, willie, and everyone. lance armstrong was stripped of seven tour de france titles this morning and banned for life from the sport. we have more from london. >> reporter: good morning. the president announcing today that lance armstrong has no place in cycling, confirming the doping agency to remove the title and ban him for life after what was the most sophisticated,

professionalized doping program the sport has ever seen. it means that armstrong may be forced to payback $12 million in winnings. he called it a witch-hunt. these aren't the end of questions. the international cycling union world body will need to explain how all of this could happen under their noses. >> this breaking story from the london bureau. thanks. new images of fidel castro after more of a week of reports he was gravely ill near death. he published these photos of himself. several he is seen reading friday's copy of a communist newspaper. jesse jackson will return to the clinic. he has been on medical leave from congress for four months, hasn't yet indicated when he'll return, releasing a robo call

this weekend asking his constituents for patience. he remains on the november 6 ballot for re-election. police in california ask for the public's help finding an arsonist caught on tape setting fire to a man sitting outside a store. you may find this video disturbing. kristin dahlgren reports. >> reporter: it started as a peaceful scene, people milling about outside a long beach california market. note this 54-year-old man sitting down. police say he was simply waiting for his father to buy food when suddenly a young man appears out of nowhere, rushes to the store, tosses a fiery bottle at the man turning him into a ball of flames. the whole thing caught on surveillance cameras as the crowd scatters and the explosion barely misses a mom and baby. >> the bottle kind of explodes and flammable liquid that was inside engulfs him in flames and almost catches the lady standing there with a stroller. >> reporter: from this angle,

you see the victim tears frantically into the parking lot, his clothes on fire as good samaritans rush to try to pat down the flames. >> looked like they used shirts and jackets to bat the flames out, but looks like they have a difficult time. it takes several seconds to finally get all of the flames out. >> reporter: the victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. he isn't being identified to protect his safety. police don't believe the two men knew each other and don't suspect the attack was gang related, leaving them with only these pictures and a plea, hoping somebody might recognize the attacker and help lead them to an arrest. for today, kristin dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >> a horrific story. let's head to wall street. courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange this morning. good morning. >> good morning, natalie. drivers may soon feel less pain at the pump. while prices are higher than ever for this time of year, the national average for a gallon of

regular unleaded gasoline has fallen ten cents to $3.67, and could continue to fall, according to aaa, with peak driving season behind us, refineries switching to cheaper winter blends of gasoline, aaa says prices at the pump could fall by as much as 45 cents the next three weeks. >> news we like. thank you. when police couldn't stop this car, a super human pedestrian did the trick. look at dash cam video from the suspect's car, shows him fleeing from the squad car, he leaps in traffic, can't avoid a man crossing the street. luckily, the pedestrian managed to walk away unharmed. pretty unbelievable stuff there. wow. that had to hurt a little. 7:19. back to savannah and al. >> or a lot. could hurt a lot. natalie, thank you. mr. roker, what have you got in the weather? >> a big storm out west.

winter has come with a vengeance out there. you look, you can see rain and snow mixing in northern california, oregon, into washington state as far east as montana and the dakotas. we are looking for winter storm watches, winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings from central california into western montana. snowfall amounts up to 18 to 20 inches, 5,000 feet or higher. in fact, the snowfall amounts we're looking now, even at the lower elevations about 1 to 6 inches, but upper elevations, up to two feet or more in local areas. rainfall, 1 to 3 inches in central california into the pacific northwest, causing bign problems t yeah, we are getting hammered just as we kicked off rush hour. look at this batch of rain. you've got the yellow, the orange, even red indicating moderate to heavy rainfall getting ready to slam the

peninsula. we've already had an active morning so far. you want to give yourself plenty of time as we head throughout the day today. it is going to be cool out there. 62 at livermore, 63 in santa teresa and 60 degrees in san jose. rain and wind today, showers tomorrow. by wednesday we'll clear out late. . >> that's your latest weather. savannah? the woman getting praised and criticized spending a year living life according to the bible rules for women. and how did it look from his vantage point? felix baumgartner's sky dive into the record books, he is here for an exclusive live view. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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the cool side. 62 in livermore, 63 in santa teresa and 62 in gilroy with winds picking up throughout the day today. i'm talking about gusts potentially at 50 miles per hour, so you really want to take it easy out there with the saturated ground, downed trees are possible for this evening's commute. otherwise we're looking pretty good. by late wednesday into thursday, we should start to see some clearing and the weekend will provide 70s and sunshine. let's check on that sloppy drive with anthony slaughter. >> it is very sloppy and congested. lots of cars on the roadway. you can see on the bay bridge toll plaza, congested all the way back from emeryville, even through richmond and vallejo. you can see the red on the maps not because of the cardinals, just because of lots of traffic. you can even see in the city down 101 headed toward san mateo, congestion both directions. in the east bay, this is probably the worst news here. livermore all the way through dublin, continues slow with speed sensors only 20 to 30 as you approach 880 southbound.

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well, you have seen felix baumgartener's daring free fall from the edge of space, but not like this you are looking at what he saw as he plummeted to earth at the speed of sound from 24 miles up. and he is here to share more of that dramatic new video straight ahead. good morning, everyone, 7:30 now on this monday morning, the 22nd of october, 2012, i'm savannah guthrie and willie geist in for matt this morning in boca raton for the presidential debate tonight. >> that's right, savannah. also just ahead, the man who rattled wall street earlier this year when he published his resignation letter from goldman sachs in the "new york times." you remember this? he called the bank's culture toxic and accused his colleagues of ripping off clients. now, he is revealing even more in a new book, we will talk to

him about that in an exclusive live interview. >> all right, willie. speaking of books hour does pippa middleton feel about becoming a household name because her sister married into the royal family? coming up, a rather refreshing answer in a first look at her new book. but we are going to begin this half hour with those new images of felix baumgartener's record-setting supersonic jump. we are going to talk to him live in a moment, but first, more on his incredible achievement. it was a moment five years in the making. >> felix, disconnect the oxygen hose. >> reporter: on sunday, october 14th, 43-year-old felix baumgartener stepped out onto the edge of his capsule 24 miles above the earth. and jumped into the history books. >> i wished the world could see what i see. >> reporter: but during his free fall you the former austrian paratrooper went into an out-of-control spin. for the millions watching live

online and on tv, felix was just a speeding white dot, but in this newly released video, which will be seen in an upcoming national geographic documentary, the view is terrifying. >> started spinning so wildly, it spun me around in all different directions and i was always trying to find out how to stop this. >> reporter: had his specially designed space suit torn it would have meant instant death. during the four minutes and 20 seconds of free fall, he reached record-breaking speeds of 833.9 miles per hour, breaking the sound barrier. all the while being closely watched by the team at red bull strats to mission chrome in new mexico, as well as his family and friends. >> i had tears in my eyes when i was coming back. >> reporter: his parachute deployed and felix glided safely back to earth. >> let me tell you, when i was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you want to come back alive, you know, because you do not want to die in front of your parents,

your girlfriend and all these people watching this. >> reporter: felix baum garth.er is with us exclusively. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> can you believe you did that? >> it is still hard to understand what happened. but slowly, it's coming. >> starting to sink in a little bit? wh what's it like to watch that video now? >> kind of interesting, it represents exactly what i thought was going to happen because i have been told that i'm going to spin and there's no way to not spin. and the problem is you have to find a solution how to stop the spin because you cannot practice for supersonic speed. you either go for it or you don't. but the time you step off, you have about 40 seconds to find out how to stop that spin. >> i want to talk about the spin but first, let's talk about that -- the ascent and also when you stepped off to do the jump. what is going through your mind? was there ever a moment when you thought, why am i doing this? did you ever lose yourer in? be honest? >> no, i'm honestly -- honestly, no. because i've been thinking about this for so many years. we have been practicing for this for five years.

and in my mind, i did the jump many times. there was a time i was sitting in that capsule or when i came out of that trailer, i was ready to go >> so, when you fall into the spin, how does it feel to actually be going through that? i imagine at the very least, you feel dizzy, the most understated thing of the year. >> of course, when you spin so violent what we call the rapid onset, all your blood goes into your brain, you known and there's a lot of pressure, of course and i had to maintain conscious, because i needed to stop this spin and i did. i had to use all my skydiving skills to perform well in those four minutes and 20 second he is. >> sounds like a crazy question but did you eat anything for breakfast? how did you keep it together as you're falling like that? >> i had two special-made shakes, yeah, to provide all the protein that i need. 'cause you have to spend almost six hours in that suit. by the time you close your adviser are, it takes about six hours later on until you open the adviser. can only sip drinks but cannot

eat. >> is it all a blur when you're falling that you fast at speeds over 833 miles an hour? >> actually, no, but i had an incredible view when i was standing on top of the world but at the same time, you realize everything around is hostile. and i thought, i have the privilege to stand here and nobody else was there before. and when you step off, you're on the way. >> did you enjoy it at all? >> um, honestly, no. this is work this is hard work. and later on, when my parachute opened, yeah, this was the first moment where i enjoyed it a lot, i knew it's over and i'm alive. >> a good view there are you hanging up your parachute, retired now? >> officially retired from the daredevil business. >> you are? you have had enough? >> i had enough. i did it all. i had enough. time to move on. >> our stomachs can't take it either. felix baumgartener, great to have you here. con gran lations to you. what a feat. >> thank you very much. now let's get a check of the weather from al.

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back in the spring, the vice president of goldman sachs shook up the financial world with an op ed in the "new york times" it laid out why he was leaving his mid-level position, claiming there was a culture of excess and utter disrespect for client. we will talk to him in a moment. but first, nbc's mara schiavocampo has more. >> that "new york times" piece was utterly explosive. in it, smith resigned saying goldman sachs was toxic and cared only about money, not their clients' best interest. now there's more. smith's new book offers his account about the secret ways of wall street. it was the op ed heard round the financial world. in march, greg smith, a goldman sachs vice president, publicly resigned after 12 years with the investment bank in a "new york times" op ed, writing "the environment now is as toxic and destructive as i have ever seen it," saying "investors openly spoke about ripping their clients off, sometimes referring

to them as money et cetera and claiming the big banks had learned nothing from the financial meltdown of 2008." >> this piece is true it is shocking that nothing's changed. i mean, there's no humility. these people helped break down the western world. >> reporter: now in a new book, smith, who started as gotman as an intern in 2000, adds to his allegations, arguing that wall street today is as unscrupulous as it has ever been. >> greed, for lack of a better word, is good. >> reporter: smith says the word "muppet" was widely used, writing "being a muppet meant being an idiot, a fool, manipulated by someone else. i was shocked at how many times i heard people, both very senior and very junior, refer to their client as muppets." but the book covers more than just what happened in the office. smith recounts how during the colleagues' las vegas bachelor party in 2005, goldman employees drank heavily, lounged in a hot top with a topless woman and how one co-worker simply handed him

$1,000 worth of gambling chips. he took both chips and put them into my hand, enjoy the weekend. smith says that was par for the course, writing "alcohol was a big part of the culture at the firm, as it is on wall street in general. getting smashed with your clients was a regular occurrence." goldman sachs has contested the claims saying smith's account lacks first-hand evidence of malpractice, but the book provides a rare inside account of the normally closed world. >> it's kick significant because past employees of goldman sachs have rarely come out and criticized the firm there is a very strong corporate culture there. former employees tend to be very loyal to goldman sachs. so, really, smith's voice was one that was far different. >> but goldman says smith's voice is just plain wrong, glick a statement to nbc news, "mr. smith's op ed portrayed firm that sun recognizable to us and directly opposite to the culture we work hard to foster but we

took his claims seriously and conducted a thorough review of them. that review found no evidence to support his claims but did find mr. smith appeared to be frustrated about his career and future pros speak the goldman sachs." savannah? >> well, thank you. greg smith is with us now. he writes more about his time on wall street his new book "yes left goldman sachs." good morning. >> good morning. >> you went out with a bang. you wrote this op ed. what was your go? did you want to embarrass the firm? >> not at all. actually, you know, i worked at this place for 12 years, i put a lot of heart and soul in it. i used to fly out to stanford twice a year to recruit students but the mentality shifted from one where you were servicing clients to one where you were taking advantage of client and it reached a point where my values and the values i was seeing around me were not matching and the hypocrisy of that was very great. >> some say an investment bank being out to make money there where is the news there? what, in your mind, crossed the line at goldman? >> absolutely banks should be in the business for capitalism, making money, but i think

capitalism doesn't need to come with unethical behavior. i think once you start seeing unethical things, i think that's where you have to say you no he what this is not acceptable. >> what is the most egregious example of what you call unethical behavior that you personally witnessed? >> so this idea of teachers retirement funds, philanthropies, pension funds come to a firm like goldman sachs and morgan stanley and saying give us a good idea and these firms are overcharging these clients and i would just like people to know and one of the reasons i wrote the book was this directly affects people, when a teachers retirement fund in alabama or virginia is paying a bank an extra $2 million, that affects people. i think it's up acceptable. >> one of the things you write about and just heard in the piece that clients were routinely referred to as money et cetera. you say this term was ubiquitous in the london office. goldman sachs did $1 million forensic investigation found one instance in internal e-mail in which clients were referred to as money et cetera. how do you explain that?

>> people i think are smart enough not to write an e-mail. >> but your op ed did say that it happened in internal e-mail. >> absolutely and did it happen in internal e-mail. more so than that the idea of calling someone a muppet the other name is not the bad thing. the bad thing shut reason you are calling them a muppet, because the teachers pension fund gets tricked into trading a product they don't understand. i found that idea of searching for the word puppet to be a bit of a hollow exercise. what i was disappointed in, i would have liked goldman sachss to actually address the issues. are clients being ripped off, you know? i think it's pretty well known on wall street that getting an unsophisticated client to trade a very sophisticate product is a way to make money very quickly. >> the classic case of a whistleblower is someone who exhausts all avenues internally but don't get anywhere. goldman says you never complained about any of this. in the year i left, i spoke to nine senior partners from the firm, including partners from

the year 2004 and we discussed ethic and culture. behind closed doors, a lot of these people agree with me but no one is following say it publicly. and the reason is people are making too much money. so the reason i wrote the op ed was to almost force change, by saying something publicly that a lot of my colleagues agree with and acknowledge and the idea of being asked to make morally dubious decisions by ripping off a charity or a teachers retirement fund is something that bothers people so i actually wanted to try to change that. >> there is an internal review process, goldman points out you gave your superiors the highest marks. they also say basically that you were disappointed because you didn't get a raise and because you didn't get promoted. just want to give you a chance to respond. >> sure. look, i was doing very well in my career, i survived one of the toughest places on wall street for 12 years. out of the 75 people i started with, there were only seven left. so i was doing well in my career but the idea of shoot the messenger i think surprises me a bit because it almost underlines my message of this erosion of integrity taind not being

transparent. i would like goldman and the rest of wall street to actually address the issues, are clients being ripped off? is the bank betting against clients with their own money? what i would like people to know and what i write about is in the book since the crisis, none of these problems have been if i canned. there are less banks and they are even bigger. so, posing an even greater danger to society. >> all right, greg smith, thank you for being here, for your perspective. remind everybody, the book is called "why i left goldman sachs". modern woman who floifrd a year according to the rules of the bible. she will be here to explain why. later, adele gives birth, but first, these messages. [ female announcer ] there are lots of different ways

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the time now is 7:56. good morning, everybody, i'm jon kelley. no doubt about it, giants fans keeping a very close eye on the weather this morning. it looked like this at at&t park earlier today. the tarps all over that infield trying to keep it dry out there. you can also see all those flags out there blowing in the background. the giants hoping today's game will not be rained out. the woman with all those answers right now is our meteorologist christina loren. she's been busy tracking the storm. what's it look like? >> i wish i could tell you there's improvement but it's only getting worse and now we are well into your morning rush. at this point the most severe band that i'm tracking right now is moving right over half moon bay, and this is a pretty strong band of rain. you can see the red, the yoelel, the orange. that's getting ready to slam 280 and 101 so give yourself plenty of time as it has been raining for the past half hour to 45 minutes in that area alone. it's about five minutes away from highlands now, 41 minutes away from san carlos. here in san jose where it's been

relatively quiet so far, finally starting to the light to moderate showers. once this front pushes through, the second half of the day the cold air arrives and it will be chilly. you'll need your jacket all day long. 62 in livermore, 63 in concord. seven-day outlook tells the story. we'll clear you out by thursday. the rain earlier is starting to move into the peninsula and let's focus on the specific area. you can see 101 at palo alto and camera really shaking around. the ground is wet and of course here you want to make sure to keep both hands on the wheel. let's take you out to our maps and show you what it look like in the east bay. you can see the altamont pass still bogged down. there's an accident 580 westbound at vasco boulevard blocking two lanes. also in the south bay there's three major accidents on major highways, 85. there you can see it on 280 approaching it looks like 10th street and also on 85 and 101, the intersection there, jon. >> thank you very much, anthony. giants and cardinals game seven tonight at at&t park.

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♪ 8:00 now on a monday morning, the 22nd day of october, 2012. you can hear the music, that's barry manilow to get us in the mood on a monday morning. he'll with joining hoda and kathie lee later. good morning, i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker. willie geist is in boca raton, florida, for the presidential debate tonight. >> you think it's chilly here, you aught to be in this debate hall. florida is a battleground state

and both candidates have invested time and money here. coming up, ryan seacrest hits the campaign trail in the sunshine state. meet some of the young people who dedicate their lives to this election. all right, willie. also ahead, pin pippa middleton opens up to share what it is like to share the spotlight with her sister and a certain part of her body, what it is like to have that be your most famous asset. al, what do you have? there's another woman getting a lot of attention. rachel evans decided to live biblically for a year. we'll talk to rachel and her husband in just a little bit. >> pretty interesting story. first, we'll get a check on the day's top stories with natalie morales. good morning again. good morning, everyone. the gunman accused of killing at least three women and wounding four others in a wisconsin day

spa sunday had been ordered by a judge to surrender his firearms as part of a restraining order obtained business hi wife. police say ratcliff houghton's wife did work at the spa but would not reveal if she was among the victims. houghton eventually took his own life. with just 15 days until the election, a new nbc/wall street journal poll indicates the presidential race is deadlocked among likely voters. that puts the third and final debate tonight with foreign policy issues. watch it at 9:00 p.m. eastern time, 6:00 p.m. here on nbc. lance armstrong's fall from grace is almost complete. this morning the cycling governing body agreed to strip him of his seven tour de france titles and ban him from the support for life. the international cycling union accepted the report from the u.s. anti-doping agency that accused armstrong and his team of using a massive doping program to gain an unfair advantage. police believe they have found the body of a masked

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bling ad for chanel. no 5. >> i'm sorry, is there really no script? i've been talking to myself for like two hours straight. i'm starting to sound insane. what? you want me to sound less coherent? really? okay, i can just start making up words. >> well, the snl featured four of the parodies from tacos to tattoo removal. i have to say, he looks strikingly a lot like brad pitt. let's turn around to mr. al roker signing some signs for us. these lovely witches here. and who is this? >> this is juliet. >> and we have some honeymooners over here. happy anniversary.

well, you are having a nice anniversary, i hope. let's see what we've got for you, today our pick city of the day, it just happens to be mobile, alabama. nbc 15. nice and sunny, a high of 79 degrees. it will be gorgeous. we have rainmaking its way to northern california. and the upper elevations are looking at a lot of snow. some areas picking up to 18 to 20 inches of snow in the pacific northwest. strong storms firing up through north texas and look for wet weather through iowa into chicago from northern oklahoma to chicago we could see anywhere from one to three inches of rain before it is all over. we've got a real cutie here, who is this? >> julianna. >> how old is she? >> 11 months. i like your hat. good monday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. front is draped from the east bay all along the peninsula. we're getting a little bit of a break from the rain right now in the north bay and down in san jose. but take a look at this line of

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what is it like to party like pippa? here less rock star, more martha stewart. minute pennsylvania middleton's book, we see, is packed with colorful pictures telling the world how to throw sweet, simple, family holiday parties. and how she came to do this is spelled right out. it's a bit startling to achieve global recognition, if that's the right word, before the age of thirty, on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom. one day i might be able to make sense of all this but in the meantime it has its up sides and down sides. i certainly have opportunities many can only dream of, but in most ways i'm a typical in her 20s. the ideas are easy and meant to be, including for halloween, she spelled it with an atrpostrophe pumpkin bowling and recipes, witches fingers made from cheese

straws or this one with flavored butter and a gory appearance of entrails to seen into crumpets. >> sadly, she's put the effort into it that kind of suggests she doesn't want to make herself a domestic goddess. >> reporter: she earned a half-million advance to write "celebrate." >> she wants to diminish herself from people seeing her as the party girl or someone who lives a luxurious lifestyle. >> reporter: he worked for years if her family's party supply business and worked as an events planner. >> she is just trying to appeal to average joes who may want to perhaps try to put on a party that a princess would be proud of. er. >> here stylish pippa emphasizes simplicity with child head memories with kad. we would turn off all the lights in the house and conjure up scary shadows. and she helped plan william and kate's royal wedding reception. pippa herself became a household

name, now perhaps house party helper. the recipes in here look pretty good. amazon has the book listed for $31 down from $50, but in the u.k. it only costs $20. pippa is not doing any press before the book comes out at the end of the month, but if this does well, what could be next is a line of bakeware, who knows what kind of merchandising she could benefit from out of this. savannah? >> michelle kosinski in a rainy london, thank you. coming up next, ryan seacrest hits the campaign trail and a woman who decided to live vir cares youly for one year despite criticism, right after this. [ male announcer ] this is the opposite of subliminal advertising...

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trail. tonight's final presidential debate here in boca raton certainly is very important, but over the last two weeks of this race you it's president obama and governor romney's army of campaign workers who could very well make the difference in this election. today's special correspondent ryan seacrest visited field offices for both of the camp pains right here in the battleground state of florida. >> reporter: debates, polls, analysis, stump speeches and help. lots and lots of help. the road to pennsylvania avenue is a long one. and it all starts in places like this and this, temporary field offices all across the country, packed with modestly paid campaign staffers who work long hours, doing it for something more important than the paycheck. >> we wouldn't be here if we didn't care about the future of america. >> i have this response bill that what i do could reach thousands of voters.

>> reporter: sabrina caprioli's family moved to the u.s. from argentina. this election is the first time they will be voting for a president. ashley montenegro's dad immigrated from colombia. fresh out of college this is her first job. both women spend their days getting their candidate's message out, working with vips, like actor justin long. and mitt romney's son, craig. is this here to break up the routine a little bit and add a little fun to the office? >> it s you know exwe are here 24/7, and we just need some time to kind of loosen up a little bit. >> reporter: i asked both teams for a tour of their office. >> all-time campaign food. >> reporter: sweet and sour chicken. get you through the day and night? what time does that go up? >> usually about 10 or so.

>> reporter: in the morning? what about in here? okay. a little ice cream. there's some sim lights or both camps. when was the last time you actually a day off? >> oh, ah, i think the last long weekend we had was two days and it was at easter. >> when is the last time you went on a date? >> let's keep walking. >> is anybody dating anybody from here? >> um, no. >> there's no co-ming.ing? >> we don't have time to worry about our romance, our social life. >> you haven't been on date since you started working here? >> i have not. >> you look down. you look over. >> i'm okay with it. i'm good. >> checking. tell me about this crew here. the pod room. >> the pod room? >> that's our training director. >> justin bieber fan in the corner. >> yeah. >>self be friendly? >> a good group here. >> what's her name? >> holly. >> i believe you. >> yes. >> do you have friends that are on the other side of the fence and if so when you hang out with

them, can you talk politics? >> yes and no. >> do your friends -- >> of course i have friends on the other side yes. >> how are those conversations? are they tense? >> they are not tense. when it comes to conversations, there's no need to be volatile or not kind to each other. >> if they respect my opinion, i respect theirs. >> you have got this on your resume what is the ideal gig after something like this? >> well, when governor romney gets elected, i would like to go to d.c. and see what happens. i especially admire ann romney so much, be honored to work with her. >> what is the most difficult part about your job and about being a part of this team? >> sometimes, like, the long days, you're even tired and you focus on a project and just so frustrated, it is just like pulling back a memory, like i'm here for the president. like, this is an honor. >> reporter: whoever ends up in the white house will have much to be grateful for, not the least of which are the broad shoulders of the campaign workers that helped carry him to

power. >> ryan seacrest taking us inside campaigns here in florida and we should point out, getting dominated on the foos ball table. let's send it back to new york now and natalie. >> sure was. all right, thanks, willie. now to a loaded question, what kind of life does the bible want you to live? one woman spent a year following all of its instructions and chronicled the experience in the new book "a year of biblical womanhood." we will talk to her and her husband in just a moment. but first, her experience. raised an evangelical christian in alabama, rachel held evans is no stranger to the bible and on a fall day in 2010, she started down a narrow road to abide by all of its rules for women. first, a few skills, taking a page from the book of numbers, she took her first crack at making challah bread. >> great job, hon. >> reporter: following proverbs, she learned to sew.

>> this is hard. >> reporter: and made a few wardrobe changes. >> deuteronomy 22 says the lord detests a woman who wears man's clothing so, to be on the safe side, you probably want to stick with flowing skirts like these. >> reporter: then there's motherhood. genesis says be fruitful and multiply. rachel doesn't have kids so she bought this little guy. >> the bottle doesn't work. the diaper doesn't work. >> reporter: from leviticus, rules for that time of the month. >> no touching any men, especially your husband. that means no hugs, no handshakes, no high fives and obviously you no sex. in fact, you may want to remove yourself from the household entirely. for my year of biblical womanhood, i camped out in a tent during my period. >> reporter: finally, some stranger deed. there is a verse in proverbs that says it is better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman. i made a swearing jar of sorts. each time i caught myself in a

habit of contention, i had to put a penny in the jar. and each penny represented one minute i had to spend on my rooftop doing penance. >> what do you think our neighbors are going to think? >> proverbs 31:23 says a virtuous woman's husband is praise ted city gate. i made a sign, took it out to the entrance of my town and praised my husband the right way. >> that's right. dan is awesome. >> reporter: after 12 full months trying to live by the good book, one lesson became clear. >> biblical womanhood is not as simple as you might think. ♪ i got to have faith, faith, faith ♪ >> rachel held evans is with us now along with her husband, dan. good morning to you both. >> good morning. thanks for having us. >> good to have you here. i am so curious why you wanted to do this. what was your go? >> i think all women can relate to the feeling they are always falling short of some ideal and growing up in the conservative evangelical subculture you can the ideal for me had been

biblical womanhood. i wanted to playfully challenge that idea and challenge the idea that any of us are practicing biblical womanhood all the watch i thought this would be a fun way to do that, hopefully liberate women from the fear that they are fall willing short and remind everyone that the bible and women are much more complex than following a set of roams or rules. >> how hard was that for you to live your life for a year? >> it was really hard. i don't remember recommend anyone trying to. first thing i did was grow my hair long for the year. >> and you also -- to dan's benefit, i mean, you're he cooking for him, you're cleaning for him, you're basically subservient to him throughout that whole year. i mean, how was that? how did you feel about that? >> he made it easy. >> he made it easy? he didn't really help you, right? >> no it was actually little weird, in our relationship, we work such as a team for so long, seven years we were married at that time and so just to impose this hierarchy on our relationship that wasn't already there was kind of an odd experience, although i will say i didn't mind that she made me

food. >> the cooking and the cleaning and basically -- >> that was pretty great. >> i did call him master for one week. >> one week? what was that like, dan? you didn't particularly care for that? >> you would think it would be a turn on but it just wasn't because you live in a small town, rumor does get started if she is out in public calling me master. and so our relationship had been different for the first seven years so taking this new structure around adding it just wasn't quite -- >> not to make too much light you i mean it is a humorous account but not to make too much light there are certainly religious groups and christians who follow this ideal of living by biblical womanhood. how widespread is that? >> it is a hugely popular mom. and's one of the reasons why i wanted to challenge it people were throwing around this phrase, biblical womanhood, as is if that is something any of us are really practicing. and you know, that's the challenge, looking for any person of faith who loves the bible, trying to figure out what parts of this book apply and shou be followed literally and

which parts, you know, maybe are culturally influenced and how do we decided? i try to defer to jesus 'cause i'm a christian and loft him with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. and love your neighbor as yourself. does this help me love god better? does this help me love my neighbor bet center in stuff i you wanted to keep after the year related to that. >> what did your neighbors think of all of this, you have your tent in your front yard there. >> they stopped asking questions. >> your family? what do they say about the whole experience? >> very supportive and it was fun for them, too i made thanksgiving dipper for the first time ever and we were celebrating the jewish holiday you there was always food and wine and a lot of it was quite a bit of fun. >> just to obviously tell you, book ruffling some feathers. one reviewer said she took the bible and made a mock roift entire thing. how do you see coming out of this? what is your response to this and what did you learn? >> as a person of faith, i love the bible and hate seeing it

reduced to annage joke at this time. the biblical woman is much more complicated than we try good monday morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the rain coming down all over the bay area today. take a look. this is the scene in san francisco just outside of at&t park earlier this morning. giants certainly keeping a close eye on the storm and keeping the tarps on the field to do what they can. let's check the forecast with christina loren. >> good morning to you. we still have some pretty heavy rainfall coming down. look at this strong line of showers. this is headed towards san jose. watch out for slick conditions. it's been raining for the past 45 minutes to an hour up and down the peninsula. when it comes to this area, we're talking about 55 minutes away from santa clara. just 60 degrees in fremont. 61 in oakland. right around 60 degrees in san

francisco. we don't get out of the rain until thursday. we're going to clear for the second half of the day. the sun will come back out and warm up a touch. the 70s return friday into the weekend. good-looking saturday and sunday ahead with mid to upper 70s. laura, back to you. >> thanks, christina. for the latest updates, check out nbc bay area on facebook. another local news update in about half an hour. have a great monday morning. thirty-eight. schools. trouble, we all should help out. under thirty-eight they do. more a year. bucks. money for schools. every school dollar must be... spent on student learning. student wins. vote yes on thirty-eight.

wednesday jay welcomes president barack obama. and gerard butler on the new jay leno tonight on nbc. 8:30 now on this monday morning, october 22nd, 2012. that means halloween is just around the corner. time is running out if you want to get your costume together for our halloween extravaganza. we will get dressed up, as we always do. we want to you as well. come on down to the plaza for our costume contest. it is time to get creative. we hope we will be, too. savannah guthrie alongside

natalie morales and al roker. willie is down in florida for the presidential debate. i know you have to get ready. do you have any predictions tonight? do you think it will be as contentious as last week? >> the format doesn't allow for that as much. governor romney and the president will be seated at a table acñl4i you will see far fewer violations of personal space tonight. that's my thought. >> come over that table. very easily. >> we will tune in anyway. >> no boxing ring this time around. >> willie, see you a bit later on. what else we got coming up here? >> an issue that can separate some of us, are you a cat person or a dog person? who here is a cat person? cat? raise your hand? dog people? coming up, why your answer could actually say a lot about your personality. jenna bush hager will explain. >> cats are known embezzlers. >> they are not. >> personalities. with jenna bush hager. >> and they will short-sheet your bed. eric ripert is going to show

-- what is he going to use to cook a gourmet feast? he's going to show us how to make a great meal in a toaster oven. no, he is not going to be in the toaster oven but going to show us how to use it. >> like the sound of that. >> first a check of the weather. >> let's see what we have got for you starting off with today. we are looking at the week ahead. we have got cooler-than-normal conditions out west, mountain snows, above-normal conditions here in the eastern two-thirds of the country. by the time we get to the midweek period that cold air starts to make its way east but still warm here in the east and also into the midwest and then the latter part of the week, oh that cold air growing, the warm air shrinking. look for snow showers in the northern rockies. we look for temperatures that are going to be cooling down throughout much of the country as the week wears on. that's what's going on around the u.s. here's what's happening in y we are getting hammered this morning right in the heart of rush hour. i'm meteorologist christina loren.

heavy rain at times coming down over half moon bay. it's going to head toward san jose, about 15 minutes away now from cupertino. bring your jacket to work today. temperatures won't be warm at all, only ending up in the low 60s. seven-day outlook is ready to go in a few minutes. go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. savannah? all right, al, thanks. now more on tonight's final presidential debate, from the format to the topics, very little is left to chance.nb jenna wolfe looked into how the candidates prepared. good morning. >> good morning to you, savannah. there is a reason people have debate parties. much like they have super bowl parties, these have become events, and it is not just about the words. it's really about everything else. it's called style over substance and from what i've been seeing, it's always been that way. before every great debate, there's always the other debate.

>> what they're going to wear? do they sit or stand behind the podium? do they get to walk around? is it a bar stool? is it a chair? >> reporter: questions that need answers and answers that need to be worked out to the smallest detail. >> spontaneity is overrated when it comes to debates. >> reporter: believe it or not, nothing, and i mean nothing is left up to chance. >> everything is rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed. >> reporter: their outfit, the tie color, the suit. >> nobody is going to step out in a seersucker suit. >> reporter: even the wives were strategically dressed on debate night. >> both fuchsia. >> reporter: their last meal? >> the president ate steak and potatoes and the campaign put that out there. >> reporter: yes, even their posture was perfected. >> mitt romney was coached on how to sit on a stool. >> a made for television event. i do not think you can lose sight of it. they certainly do not lose sight of it. >> reporter: they also know the stakes and thosesfiakes are so

high, the candidates start prepping for these debates months and months in advance. reviewing policy, yes, but also reviewing logistics. remember, nothing is spontaneous. >> just about every great line in a debate, famous line in a debate, was a rehearsed line. >> senator, you're no jack kennedy. >> reporter: there's no s.a.t. prep courses here but it's close. both candidates spent hours and hours debating mock opponents before the big event. who are these mock opponents? >> john kerry played mitt romney and he studied for months. rob portman is the republican senator from ohio, he played barack obama. >> reporter: so, why all the studying and the prepping by the candidates? because it's exactly what we want to see. >> i think every candidate is looking for a moment. >> reporter: so, when these two begin their final debate tonight, just know that they know exactly why they're there. >> you're selling a package. you're selling a story. not just sell a set of policy position, you're selling a life. >> reporter: because at the end of the day, let's face it, for all the politicking that's getting done --

>> it's all about how want to have a beer with anyway. >> reporter: not that either r i have here what is called the memorandum of understanding it is actually the rule book debate, like 50 pages here. this is the cutdown version. the candidates broke five to six rules already. so, why don't you take a look, study it i will come back in the next half hour and you let know. >> i'm glad you're here to enfo enforce it. >> when you want politics, you came to the right person. >> studying this all weekend. jenna wolfe, thank you. coming up next, are you a dog person or a cat person? what your pet reference says about you. jenna bush hager is here with her cats. so we know where she stands. her cats. [ maraca shaking ] ♪ ♪ oh dole-dole-dole ♪ it is a juice for the soul ♪ you can't go wrong with dole ♪ so many flavors ♪ it's hard to control ♪ it's like a carnival

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friend. >> this is my friend, bernadette, my pet preference. we decided to ask the question, does our animal of choice say more about us than we think? and it turns out, it does. it is one of those basic human divides, you are either a cat person -- >> i want chicken, i want liver, meow mix, meow mix, please deliver. >> reporter: or a dog person? >> hi, i'm elle woods and is brucer woods and we are both gemini vegetarians. >> reporter: with the increase in technology it has never been easier to show the world which side you're on. >> seems to be a bit more spiffish. >> reporter: a study by university of texas version, agreeableness and conscientiousness. and cat people were higher on

unusual rot cism and openness. >> that's me. >> reporter: i, for one, have never been shy about my pet preference, although i may fit the crazy librarian cat-loving stereotype it seems that stereotype is increasingly changing. jackson galaxy wears his preference on his sleeve, literally. he put the masculine in meow. >> i'm jackson galaxy, a musician by night and a cat >> reporter: galaxy is the host of the show "my cat from hell" and travels the country transforming demonic felines into purring lap cats. oh, hello. and then he is going to follow me over here. >> reporter: i was hoping he could help me with my own cat woes. hey. how are you? >> i'm great. >> reporter: i'm jenna and this is bernie. >> what's up, bernie? >> we love her, she does have neuroses, including waking us up at 3:30, 4:30 and 5:30 on the dot. >> on the dot. >> reporter: the only way i can stop her from meowing is pull

her close from my face, hug her and she purrs. >> if you want to get sleep the only way that's going to happen is for you to go through a painful bit of withdrawal that's going to take about a week or two. >> look how dependent she is. she is a mama's girl. >> look what you've done, jenna. look what you have done. >> i have created a monster. >> this is a cat monster. >> reporter: now that you know where i stand, i thought it only fair to also hear from a self-proclaimed dog lover, and who better than the author of the best-selling book "marley & me." >> you would say you're a dog person? >> yes, i would definitely call myself a dog person. >> so, are you agreeable? >> i think i'm a pretty agreeable guy. >> reporter: might have to ask your wife. >> she might disagree. >> conscientious? >> i true i to be conscientious. >> reporter: "marley & me" is the true story of a mischievous hyper dog that struck the hearts of millions and even made into a movie. i have to ask, do you think if marley was a cat, do you think

the book would have done as well? >> that's good question. probably not, actually. cats are almost too smart for their own good. so they don't play those dumb -- the dumb role that a lot of dogs do that humans can find so funny and charming. >> reporter: whether you're a dog lover or a cat lover, it seems it's the power of companionship, unconditional love, that we all crave from our pets. >> i think an animal can really unlock the humanity inside of each of us. we go through our lives and these busy rat race lives and we kind of put our armor up and a pet can really help unlock that armor and let our hearts come out again. >> reporter: maybe that's why i haven't been able to just let bernie cry it out at night. it turns out i'm an enabling mother, but she is just too cute. and such a good cat on live tv, i have to say. >> she is. >> natalie, other differences from a different study, dog people are more likely to consider paul mccartney their favorite beatle.

cat lovers favor george harrison. and cat people say they are fashion challenged, which i personally disagree with, right, bernie? dog people think of themselves as fashion conscious. she did a good job. a little scared she might give me a scratch. >> bernie is really a bernadette, right? >> we were in her debt for long. >> says lot about your personality why did you name a cat bernadette? >> she is an old lady and i might be an old soul. my mom is a librarian, was a librarian, i do fit that stereotype. we grew up with cat names. my cat name was marmalade. >> you had a cat name? >> i only went by my cat name. i blame this really on my mother. >> okay. well, i have a cat and -- i have two cats and a dog and i have to say i'm a little bit of the agreeable and neurotic personality so i guess i'm a little bit of everything. i'm combo. >> i'm neurotic only about my cat. >> looks like she is comfortable there. jenna bush hager. thanks so much. how are you doing there, bernie? sleeping.

still ahead, gourmet cooking in your toaster oven, but first this is "today" on nbc. nbc.

back now at 8:46 with a school in the middle east that is trying to break the mold for girls and boys. nbc's amman mohyeldin is here with more. good morning to you. >> is called the kings academy, the idea was born out of king abdullah of jordan's own experience of boarding school here in the u.s. few thought a private coed boarding school in the heart of the middle east could succeed a few years after it opened its doors, the school is thriving, growing and attracting some of the region's best and brightest students. in a region steeped in conservative tradition, a modern laboratory of learning is breaking new ground. >> 167. >> reporter: where boys and girls study together, play side by side and can even use dance

to express themselves freely. this is not your typical middle eastern school. instead, it's one preparing students for whatever life's punches come their way. and to bring a new vision to a region that's been mar roomed into turmoil for generations. it was king abdullah's experience at deerfield college in massachusetts that inspired this model academy. >> independence of thought. the ability to reason critically. respect for different points of view. those are the intellectual values that we value here. >> reporter: the school's mission is to bridge the gap between rich and poor in the region. nearly half the students receive financial aid. and while boys slightly outnumber girls, in the classrooms, all are encouraged to think creatively. like using current magazines to label classic american novels. >> fear and shame. i like those words. >> reporter: all on this idolic

campus where boys and girls live together but in separate dorms. >> guys, guys, girls. >> reporter: at the heart of the school is the dining hall, where more than 400 students from over 30 countries serve one another, breaking more than one traditional norm. >> there's a lot of people with different ideas. >> reporter: teachers and pupils, seniors and freshmen sit side by side, all to encourage equality and a little coed comradery. >> coming from saudi arabia, for you to be in a classroom with girls, it must be a new experience for you. >> it's actually quite nice. it's different. >> reporter: it's not just campus living that's challenging. in class, no subject is offlimits. today's history lesson, controlling population growth by using birth control. >> would there be any woman in this classroom willing to sterilize themselves? >> no. >> if you don't learn about them now in school, you're never going to learn about them.

>> reporter: although has a global outlook, the school has a strong commitment to its arab identity and culture. [ knocking ] offering foreign students a chance to learn arabic for a year. >> how is your arabic? [ speaking arabic ] >> i haven't learned that one yes. >> our students are very smart young people that are global citizens. they are aware of old-- all issues around the world at large. >> reporter: that is due to the king himself who comes and speaks to them about everything, including the arab spring. >> he tells me those are the questions he fierce the most because you never know what those young people are going to ask. >> reporter: at a time of a tremendous change and challenges, jordan's leaders hoping this educational oasis in the desert may prove to be the region's source of new leaders and problem solvers.

beyond what is taught in the classrooms are the teachers and administrators want the students, many whom will go on colleges around the world to leave kings academy with a better understanding of the arab world them hope the students will serve as future ambassadors that can come bat the negative stereotypes of the middle east. >> you see boys and girls but different nationalities of the school. up next, we will head into the kitchen where chef eric ripert shows us how to do gourmet cooking in the toaster oven, an idea whose time has

>> announcer: today's cooking school is brought to you by hellman's. make it real. make it different. this morning on today's cooking school, a lesson on how to use your toaster oven to do much more than just make toast and heat things up. chef eric ripert is the owner of the fame la bernadine restaurant. where did this idea come from? >> i came home and my wife wanted to cook a meal for my son in a toaster oven and i was very condescending. actually, i was making fun of her an then i realized it was amazing what she cooked, came up with and i think it is a great way of cooking at home for one person or two people and it's easy and you can have some great recipes. >> energy efficient. >> absolutely. it is energy efficient it goes very fast. i'm going to show you the first one. >> crab cakes. how do we do this? >> going to do a crab gratton.

very similar to crab cakes. i picked the crab before. i'm adding the mayonnaise in it. some chives. a little bit of spice. not too much a bit of salt. pepper. lemon juice. like that and i mix it with a bit of bread crumbs. very simple to mix. >> that's easy. >> takes about seconds really. then you just put it in a mold, like that. >> wow. >> and how long do you put it in the oven? >> then going to go in a toaster oven for about eight to ten minutes. and then it will be ready. so, i'm gonna coat it with a bit of bread crumbs, like that. >> what temperature is the oven on? >> some toaster ovens have the temperature on it, you go to bake max, like 450 and some don't some this one is at broil. and we put it inside. >> okay. broil in eight minutes. >> it is like that. >> the next one sounds fancy,

portabella mushrooms, provencal. >> i have a knife four. >> showing her knife skills. >> you just remove the skin like that you peel it, the skin is a bit leatherry. >> i see. >> you can do it with your fingers. >> this could take a while. you do your thing and i will just keep peeling. >> ben it is peeled, you put the portabella here the middle of the trace, i have a bit of bar lick that reminds me of provence. some thyme, fresh thyme, olive oil. and you are very generous with the olive oil. >> all right. i'm still peeling. >> almost done. >> fyi. >> and port pellow will go innen of when it is ready, looks like that look. >> let me see. >> we have it here. >> beautiful.

>> i can even slice it. >> i will slice. while you go see al. >> nice. >> excellent. i let you slice. >> this is great for kids. >> and even for us. >> for us as well. >> i love it. >> we are going to put some salt and pepper around the provininee provenec provenec provence. olive oil on top. the toaster oven. >> we have dressing here? >> honey mustard dressing. very simple. >> honey and mustard. >> you want to whisk it? >> we want to get to the last one real fast. >> we will mention quickly, you can make dessert in the oven as well, right? >> you can make desserts. so, when it's ready it will look like that. >> we don't have time to go through the whole thing. >> it is made. >> done. >> then we are going to make -- >> only 30 seconds.

this is sugar -- like a pancake mix, right? >> flour. a bit of vanilla. and then we mix. >> okay. >> like that. >> sugar-coated ramekin in there already. >> put some in there. >> this is what it looks like when it's done. >> our res police on today.com, in case you didn't catch all that eric ripert. >> still ahead, barry m good monday morning to you. 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. our top story this morning is the weather. and meteorologist christina loren is here with a look. >> yeah, take a look at this, laura. what a mess. this is 101 in palo alto. you're slow in both directions. let's go ahead and show you the radar. a pretty good-looking cell situated over palo alto, from palo alto to san mateo. slick conditions on 280 and 101. a lot of the activity is starting to deeruate.

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back now with more of today it is a monday morning, 22nd day of october, 2012. have a beautiful fall morning here on rockefeller plaza, a great crowd, lots of smiles, got some birthdays, got some babies, got some anniversaries. >> we have it all. >> a beautiful day. good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker around thousands of his screaming fans. there are some girl scouts behind me. coming up next, jenna bush hager is going to join us for our take three today, the perfect guest, because she is daughter of a president. we will ask her what she thinks about the first ladies debate. >> her mom did terrifically in it. >> what first ladies debate, you might ask? have to stay tuned and find out about that. absolutely, then joy's healthy bite.

that's right. we are going to find out about joy chewing over all your health headlines, including pink's big weight loss after having her baby. and then cashing in on those in-store credit cards and rewards cards. how you should get paid back for your loyalty. >> like the sound of that. first, a check of the day's top stories. natalie morales is at the news deck. >> good morning, savannah and al. good morning, everyone. new details about the wisconsin man accused of opening fire at a spa where his wife worked killing three women and wounding four others. police say 45-year-old radcliffe haughton had slashed his wife's tires earlier this month. she was granted a restraining order against him and haughton was barred from owning a firearm. he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the salon. the final countdown to election day is und warz the candidates face off in their third and final debate tonight in boca raton, florida. the vase in a dead heat as a new nbc news/wall street journal

poll showed the candidates tied, each with 47% among likely voters. you can watch tonight's debate at 9 eastern time/6 pacific here on nbc. lance armstrong's name is being erased from the record books. this morning, cycling's governing body agreed to strip the american of his seven tour de france titles and ban him for life. they accepted a report from the anti-dope willing agency that accused armstrong and his teams of using a massive doping program to gain an unfair advantage. a funeral will be held friday for former south dakota senator and democratic presidential candidate george mcgovern. he died sunday at a south dakota hospice. the proudly liberal vietnam war opponent lost to richard nixon in 1972. he was 90. new images this morning, former cuban leader fidel castro, after more than a week of reports that he was gravely ill and near death. the 86-year-old published these

photos of himself, including several in which he is seen reading friday's copy of a communist party newspaper. u.s. congressman jesse jackson will soon return to the mayo clinic, according to his father, the reverend jesse jackson. the democratic representative from i will on a medical leave from congress for four months has not yet indicated when he will return, releasing a robocall this weekend, asking his constituents for patience. jackson remains on the november 6th ballot for re-election. the halloween spirit dominated the weekend box office. "paranormal activity 4" debut in the top spot with $30 million in ticket sales. runner up was iran hostage drama "argo" and "hotel transylvania" came in third. firefighters came to the rescue in china when a 4-year-old boy got caught between two walls. he had fallen from his third floor balcony into the gap between the buildings and stuck there for two hours until rescuers could make a big enough hole to get him out. he got some bumps and bruises

but now is doing just type. very lucky little boy. it is 9:04 right now you go to al with a check of the weather. >> amazing story. >> yeah. >> thanks so much. see what we have got going for you. today, the pacific northwest and the west coast really under. they are going to be looking at a lot of heavy rain and mountain snows as well. we have winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings and winter weather watches stretching from central california all the way up into the western montana area. we are talking about snow above 6,000 feet, wind gusts of 40 to 60 miles per hour, even worse as you get higher up. snowfall amounts in the mountains there, we are talking about anywhere from six to 12 inches. locally, could be as much as 18 inches of snow and rain is going to be a big problem. one to three inches of rain from central california all the way into the 9:04. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. a lot of the heavy activity has subsided. but we're still tracking some

pretty good-looking showers over fremont, down to san jose. watch out for slick conditions from san ramon to livermore. we had a good-looking cell pass through your neck of the woods. after the rain, the cold blast settles in keeping your temperatures very cool very today. only 63 in livermore. 60 in fremont. 64 in redwood city. san jose will struggle to break to 60 degrees. showers continue tomorrow. time for the take three, we share our thoughts on the stories catching attention. joining us today, marm ma lachld no jenna bush hager. >> i thought i would pull a cee-lo and have a cat here. >> grew one cat names. >> grew up with cat names. nothing wrong with that. >> no, no. not at all. everyone did. >> not r did you see the first lady debate? >> it was excellent. >> you know what, of course, there was no first lady do he

bait, they'll to some of the folks jimmy kimmel found. take a look at this. >> who do you think won the debate between ann romney and michelle obama last night? >> i have to say michelle obama. she really did a lot better. her speech was more grafted in. you know , more finely well cut more experience as the president's wife as a political figure in the public limelight. just wasn't lot smoother for her, she is just more experienced at this time. >> who do you think won the debate last night between ann romney and michelle obama? >> definitely ann romney. i think she is very classy and wonderful dlachltd. >> anything she said during the debate in particular? >> no i just like how she looks. >> michelle. >> why do you say that? >> because i love her. >> you think she did a better job? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, she is amazing. she -- yeah. she connected with people. that's what i felt. >> was there anything in particular she said that spoke to you? >> no. in general, i just sauer a little bit of it to tell you

honestly, i had something else going on, didn't see the whole debate but i sought personality came out you can the connection came out. she seemed more to the ground than ann. >> wow. >> wow. >> should be a first ladies debate. it would be interesting. >> i love that because that's exactly what i would do in third grade. did you see the movie over the weekend and i would say, yes, excellent. >> but these are adults. >> really elaborate. if your' gonna lie, i guess the theory is commit. the guy who is well cut -- >> finely dragrafted. >> this took place on earth two. >> the first lady and mrs. romney have been out a lot, making a lot of the rounds and so maybe people are getting a little confused. >> we are in an overly politically heated environment now. >> educated. so, there's camera and they say, oh, yeah it was excellent and i love the guy that was just like

it was just on in the background. >> but also shows you people believe what they believe and they are on the side they are on the doesn't matter. >> take two. >> all right. take two. this is interesting for the ladies. how women would see their perfect day. now, this is according to a study in the journal of economic psychology, surveyed about 900 women, average age of about 38. and topping the list, of course, getting a full, uninterrupted night of sleep, eight hours of sleep at least. here is the surprising factor, number two on that list, intimate relations, 106 minutes. that's one hour -- >> another 104. >> is this for real? 106 minutes? >> shopping way down. >> that would be every guy's perfect day. >> exercise. >> 106 minutes? >> yes. >> who are these women? where are the kids on that list? i guess you don't want to spend any time with the kids. >> 68 minutes for exercise?

>> al, you're the only guy in the group here. what is your ideal day look like? >> very much like that. >> 106 minutes probably not enough time. >> no i think it is the ability to spend free time, whatever you like to do to have it unincouple berred by your spouse or kids. >> some cases, you need your spouse. >> 106 minutes. >> or not. or a good book and there you go i think it just speaks to our lives, we are just so crazed right now, looking for time. >> 36 minutes working. i need to obviously rethink my workweek. because 36 minutes working is, even on a sunday, when you say you are work a lot more than 36 minutes? >> yeah, probably. >> the message is the more -- variety was most important. the more you do something, even if you really love what you're doing, after some time, just not the same. >> even the 106 minutes? >> yeah. >> take three.

now we have all been out on live shots. i don't think we have ever had anything happen like this. >> i'm scared to see this. >> these are cases -- >> robert doing a live shot at knbc, a cockroach -- >> slow-mo that. >> take a look. here we go. and on his shoulder. whoa. crawling around. the guy never misses a beat. >> okay. could you do that? >> no. >> could you keep talking? >> he must not have felt that. >> think the agoers pointed it out. accident feel it. that is why he was able to keep going. i'm sure he would have jumped out of his shoes. >> that's really bad. >> now you all imagine something happen during a live shot what is the worst, savannah that you -- >> when i was in college, i used to run cameras at the local pbs station. and i fainted live on the air. and so you didn't see any but the camera shot started floating upward, the woman on tv goes, oh, my god. and that was the craziest thing. >> we need that.

>> we actually is a good one from our pal, mark potter. take a look at this one. >> have now been oiled -- oh! oh! >> so i mean this one of my favorites. this reporter -- this weather person. can we rerack it? we jumped out of that for a second. he is doing his weather. he is doing his weather. >> oil. >> oh. >> mark potter? >> worth seeing again. >> and? >> oh, god. oh, my god! >> what is it? >> i love that. >> that would be my reaction. i actually, on a shoot, am allergic to cats, a whole different story. i know. i know. >> bernadette. >> deep seeded issues. i'm alearnic to cats and i was on the shoot with this little girl and she gave me her farm

cat, broke out in a horrible hive, eyes shut and i had to do the entire interview profile with this eye shut closed. >> all right, papa. >> but wait a second. i'm sorry, i need to go back to this. we just did a whole segment about cats. >> my cats have -- >> zyrtek. >> my cat is hypoallergenic. >> that's what he told you. >> when i adopted her. >> here is our bonus. last night, comedy central aired "the night of too many stars" in support of autism. earlier, we showed katy per write a young girl who did a beautiful duet with her. this is another side u this is america comes together, people would you never see together. here we have harvey kitele and carly rae jepsen doing "call me maybe."eitel and carly rae jepsen doing "call me maybe." ♪ don't ask me i will never tell ♪ ♪ i trade my soul for a wish,

pennies and dimes for a kiss ♪ ♪ i wasn't looking for this ♪ but now you're in my way ♪ your stare was holding, ripped jeans, skin was showing, hot night, wind was blowin' ♪ ♪ where do you think you're going, baby ♪ [ laughter ] >> kind of threatening. i'm a little scared of harvey keitel. >> the dancers, he has got like three jersey guys behind him. it was spectacular. >> you were there for it. >> it really was a great night. jon stewart hosted. meredith vieira, hoda cot business tom hanks, a whole bunch of folks all to raise money to fight autism. >> christopher walken would have been good. >> could have played the cowbell. >> thank you so much, jenna bush hager. >> marmalade, i like to call you now. >> thank you.

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♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant this morning on joy's healthy bite, everything from losing baby weight to the truth about chocolate. joy bauer has the latest health headlines. good morning. >> the latest and the greatest. >> start off with good news in the health world, cholesterol levels are going down. >> i love to bring good news a recent study reported in "jama," in the united states, american adults have lowered their overall cholesterol by about ten points. also, our ldl, that's the bad cholesterol, has significantly

drop and our hdl, the good guys, have gone up. while it's true that a lot of people are taking these statin drugs, cholesterol-lowering medication, it's important to point out that these scientists looked at everyone across the board. so people who weren't taking medication as well t is likely because, kudos to us, we are not consuming as much transfat, the toxic stuff. we are also pulling back on the junky refined carbs. and we are smoking less. and it is a good time to remind all adults over 20, you got to know your numbers. get your cholesterols checked at least every five years. >> exercise regularly as well? >> if it's high, exercise regularly, limit that fatty meat. whole milk, dairy products and pour on, shower your body with produce. >> sounds good. now to astudy. we will loft author of this chocolate boosts brain power but not all chocolate?

>> we know the new recipient for the nobel prize of this year. this scientist out of columbia university found there is a strong, powerful correlation between countries that eat the most chocolate and produce the most nobel prize winners. and of course, switzerland is way at the top. and they eat about 26 pounds of chocolate per person per year. so i think americans have to get competitive here. got to -- >> are you encouraging us to eat chocolate? >> i am. >> but -- >> dark chocolate because the brain-boosting compounds called and a half vin floyd most concentrated in dark chocolate. pick dark chocolate that is at least 70% back coo or cocoa, because it is caloric, i want to show you something. for a thin clock late bar about it is about the size of a credit card. >> 26 pounds of chocolate would be lot. we are talking about just this, right, given quantities?

>> feeling a chemistry award for you next year. >> i can definitely do this i do have my little bit of dark chocolate every night. i'm on that study already. >> i love t another great study. shows that people who sit at their desk are actually doing -- putting themselves at a lot of risk to their health. >> this is worrisome. researchers out of the uk found if you sit for prolonged periods of time, talking about people who sit at a desk job or spend a lot of time in the car, natalie, they have doubled the risk for heart disease, diabetes and even death. what's important to point out here is if you have a desk job and you sit all day long and you hit the gym later in the evening regularly, you are still at risk. so i think the big take away here is as much as you exercise already, we have to get up and move during the day. so if you sit at a desk, set your phone alarm for every hour, get up and just stretch, walk to the bathroom, have a walking meeting if the weather permits,

instead of sitting meeting. >> lunch, take a walk. >> east coast/west coast flight international, walk the aisle. >> flight attendants love that last but not least, celebrity health news, pink looks amazing. showing off her post-baby weight. she lost over 50 pounds? >> yes. so she admittingly had gained 55 pounds with her pregnancy. she and had the baby a year and a half ago and what i love most about this story is she shows us that all celebrities don't snap back immediately. she took her time. she did it the right way. it was slow. it was steady. it was sane. and she really embraced a vegetarian-style diet. we know that is good for the environment. good for our body to get so many health perks out of t exercising about a hour a day. i think she looks better now than she ever looked. >> she truly does. that new mama glow. joy bauer, thanks so much. coming up, how to make the most of reward cards, but first, these messages. with over 200 varieties, keurig makes brewing

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i'm laura garcia-cannon. our top story, the weather. meteorologist christina loren is here with a look. >> we are watching some serious showers, starting to clear up just a little bit. but still have heavy downpours coming down over parts of the bay area. what you will notice is, yeah, starting to improve significantly. but we're not out of the woods just yet. as we head throughout the day today, the cold blast will soon follow all the shower activity. bring your jacket with you to work and carry it with you throughout the day today. right around 60 degrees in fremont. 64 in fairfield. we're going to see a much better day tomorrow. but we're keeping that slight chance for showers in the mix for your tuesday.

we have another round of rain to get through late tuesday into wednesday. and we'll clear out as we get to thursday. back to you, laura. >> thank you very much. after the break, we'll be right back.

it all comes down to tonight. a trip to the world series on the line with the giants pushing the cardinals to a decisive game seven. >> game over. game seven, tomorrow night. >> yeah, that is tonight. it was fun to watch. sergio romo closing things down after seven grate innings from starter ryan vogelsong. let the fireworks go. game seven tonight at at&t park. it starts at 5:00 p.m. matt cain will be pitching for the giants. pinch-hitting for mike this morning for mike with a look at traffic is anthony. >> watching lots of traffic happening this morning. we just had a report of a car fire in san rafael that has been

cleared. but the car fire cleared just about five minutes ago. the car still congested. lots of red on the map. it's not because of the cardinals. it's because of all the of this congestion in the northbound. roadway flooding towards 101 in the peninsula near whipple. otherwise, the east bay continues to remain congested. and same in the south bay. no major accidents there. >> thank you very much. thanks for joining us. another local news update coming up in half an hour.

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>> not far off. >> really? just a wild guess. >> first, a check of the weather for us. >> you betcha. see what we got for you today a big storm in the pacific northwest, mountain snows, heavy rain, you get to the lower elevations, showers and thunderstorms in the upper great lakes, mid-ohio river valley, beautiful day on the east coast, the gulf coast as well. as we move on into tomorrow, we have got a lot of wet weather stretching its way from the great lakes, western new york, all the way back into the pacific northwest with mountain snows there windy conditions through the southw 9:32 on a back-to-work monday. the front has moved through the bay area. still going to be windy as the front continues to pull out. as i zoom in for you, you can see where the activity has subsided. san ramon to hayward, even fremont getting a little bit of precipitation. but most of it's out of the bay area. 62 in livermore.

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back now with unique items and ideas to make a guy's life easier. andy russell is with inside hook, a daily e-mail with tips for busy men and he has everything from a website that picks out the perfect gifts to a cocktail delivery service. andy, good to see you. >> good to see you, al. thanks for having me back. >> this is a great idea. women want to pay attention to this, because they are tired of getting the gift that their husband or boyfriend gets them and goes, oh that's nice, dear and put it away. you have the antidote? >> that is exactly right. it is a terrific gift giving service, you have been there you got somebody a gift, give you the obligatory thank you, smile, maybe a hurricanes you don't see them using the product again. so you did not gift well. it takes all the pain and energy out of the gifting. really pretty simple. got website, wantful.com and says you are creating a just

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mind, what is the benefit for them? they get see what you're scanning, what you're buying and all that and information that they can use basically to get you some better deals. >> finally, really quick, a lot of credit cards have their own incentive programs as well. do you expect you have to pay an annual fee? >> for some you do natalie, you want to be careful. if you carry a bark the rewards don't make any sense, don't use them. if you can get a gas groceries c card, a card that will give you cash back for gas and groceries specifically, get you back $150 a year to $600 a year. >> like my am next/costco card. carmen wong ulrich. thank you so much. adding seasonal sizzle to your burger and shake. but first this is today on innocence.

this morning in "today's" kitchen, what's on the menu?

turkey burgers with a pumpkin spice shake. spike mendelssohn is chef and owner of washington, d.c. restaurant, good stuff eateries and on the show "after top chef." good to see you. >> good to see you. >> they give you a hard time. what is up with that? >> they do maybe jealous. >> hating. >> they are hating had. i feel like i'm behaving on the show. pretty good. >> and nobody is going to hate you after this turkey burger. >> yes this turkey burger, great fall recipe. we got a little brown but thor in here, add a little bit of sellry. >> the knock on turkey burgers, they are kind of dry. >> they are. people always ask me, one of the biggest things with turkey burgers they can turn out dry, kind of saw dust sort trick is to add a little bit of love to t all about the love, right? a little bit of pepper. see that? >> what are we making here? >> just adding some flavor, some apples, some school yip, celery, marinate it buzz this, got some

mango and chipotle in here to give it spice. let's turn this thing on, i have used one of these before. go you eat turkey burgers? >> you know, because of the dryness, i -- >> the dryness? >> i'm a little skeptical. >> got to fix now. can you mix that around for me? you know you like cooking with me. >> i do. >> shake it a little bit what you're going to do is cook this down a little bit, let all the flavors develop, get the seasonings and then you are left with this beautiful little mixture here. >> that's nice. >> going to take the turkey, add a bit of lemon juice. >> white turkey meat or dark? >> this is white, you can tell because it is a little bit pale. dark just seems to be a little bit dryer usually. >> interesting, i would have thought it would be the opposite u >> the flavor is a little bit gamier, just slightly you not that big of a difference. just going to add some of this love over here, going to mix it up. just like that. like this? >> that looks awfully moist. >> it does, right? >> so the thing is like you don't want to get it too wet so

they fall apart when you cook in the pan, wet enough, you can see we have some over here so just step over here. >> come on. so, all right, the turkey burgers, cooking, got to be rel really delicate with them, moist, break apart, add delicious carmelized onions on top of these. >> how much on both sides? how long do you cook? >> i think three minutes, turkey, poultry, tough cook it to well done. >> sure. >> not like a big you can keep that nice medium rare and why. add a little brie cheese on top of there. >> nice. >> all right. just melt it. >> you cover it up. >> voila. doesn't that look delicious? nice and melty. >> look at the translucency -- >> that's what i love. >> like screaming. so i got two different buns, a brioche bun, which you can find pretty much anywhere. >> sure. >> but just to switch things up a little bit -- >> hi. >> i got a little bit of cinnamon toast over here just because it is seasonal, i think it complements the brie a little

bit. just toast those off. >> yummy. >> try it there. >> sold on the turkey burger? >> well, i'm thinking i'm going to be. >> if you put cheese on it. the onions and all that. >> looking really juicy on the inside. that is great. what is in the shake, spike? >> the shake is a toasted pumpkin marshmallow shake. >> what goes into that? >> simple. take the great seasonal mushrooms you find in the stores, roast them and then we just mix when this a little pumpkin puree, a little bit of milk, blend them up. >> really yummy. >> a great seasonal pear salad. >> spike mendelssohn, thank you so much. "life after top chef" wedges nights at 10. >> coming up, barry manilow. thirty-eight. schools. trouble, we all should help out. under thirty-eight they do. more a year. bucks. money for schools. every school dollar must be... spent on student learning. student wins.

how does it brew such great coffee? well, inside the brewer are these green fields of coffee, actually, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. good morning. it's 9:56. i'm marla tellez. the big weather story today is the rain. the rain here in the bay area means snow in the sierra. this is what blue canyon in prosser county looked like earlier this morning. a nice big blanket of the white

stuff and they are sure to get some more. let's take a look at the bay area forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning, marla. good morning to you at home. still tracking showers. heaviest rain coming down over palo alto. a little bit of a break for the greater bay area. we have active cells pushing through hayward. the front is almost completely through but we still have more rain on the way. you can see what's developing. offshore in the northernmost portion of the state and behind this next batch of rain, the cold air settles in. temperatures are going to struggle to break into the low 60s today all across the bay area. 60 degrees in san jose and san francisco. right around 64 in redwood city and just 60 degrees today in santa cruz. tomorrow, we'll get another round of intermittent showers. by wednesday for the second half of the day, some clearing. i wouldn't want to be out on those roads right now, anthony. >> not at all. you should see the mess on the map. talking about lots of congestion

and really no major accidents, but it's just a lot of slow going on the roads this morning. allow a little extra time for yourself. let's take a peek outside and show you the san rafael skycam. this is on 101. there was a car fire about an hour ago. they've cleared the lanes but still slow going coming from the north bay. and the bay bridge, things still congested there. but looking at the map, you'll be able to notice we are starting to see more greens and yellows, which indicates that things are starting to clear in that area. there is ponding on the roadway on 101 southbound near henderson and whipple. other than that, no major reports of accidents here this morning. marla. >> anthony, thanks so much. for the latest updates, find us on facebook, search nbc bay area. we're back at 10:26. alright let's break it down.

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[ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies. let the making begin . from nbc news, this is "today." with kathie lee gifford and hoda. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and a good old good morning to everybody. it's fun day monday. it's october 22nd, and this is going to be more fun than ever, because barry manilow is here. for all you fanilows out there. one of the greats of all time. one of the nicest guys. he is such a good pal to me through the years, and he has a new cd called "15 minutes" based on that andy warhol everybody

will have their 15 minutes of fame in the new world today. he is going to sing for us today. >> i love "mandy." >> in new england we're going to try to get -- how about -- the -- the -- the -- we almost made it." >>. >> there's so many. my favorite, i think, "and when october goes." it kills me. that one voice. note at the copa, copa cabana. >> i want him to come to our opening might at the copa. our party is at the copa. >> you had a wild weekend, huh? >> starting friday night we had such a nice wedding. >> meagan cops, the p.r. director for the "today" show got married to a wonderful man

named brit. just before we cut away from this picture, let's stay here for a minute. they should saying their vows at the chelsea pier. >> right on the hudson river. >> can you see the sun going down. the clouds were -- >> it was beautiful. >> yeah. >> and just when meagan was going through her vows. he was, like, do you, meagan, take brit to be your lawfully wedded -- and in the middle of it -- [ fog horn ] >> fog honor through the whole -- >> everybody cracked up. >> there was lots of -- there's meagan and brit. >> beautiful. >> they're both southerners. there we are. there's matt. it's the only evidence that i was actually at that wedding because i rushed over -- there's christine gardener, one of the few pictures you'll see of christine. >> there's some other -- look at the dancing. savannah, natalie, and meagan doing -- i think this was

gangnam style. >> whatever. >> and there's tammy and bobby. >> yeah. i'm so glad i was able to make it for the ceremony. it was really great. you know what the thing about meagan too, she's on a plane right now. she can't hear us. she's on her way to hawaii. forget about all of us hopefully. she does more for everybody here, and it was so nice to finally see her moment. then sunday night you had -- >> there was a fun event. it was called a night of too many stars. it was something comedy central does to help kids with autism because a man who worked with comedy central named robert smeigel, his child has autism. look what's happening here. >> seth meyers. >> who was that? he was blocked. anyway, it was a lot of fun. it was a telethon. meredith was there. the guys from "snl." >> you get on the phone and try to get people to give money. sdoo they made a lot of money

for autism. john stewart. >> oh, that's paul rudd. darling. he is on a show called "grace" right now on broadway. >> yeah. >> it was a fun, fun night, and they raised a lot of money for autism. >> good for you. aren't you the best person in the whole world? >> you have been quite busy too, haven't you? >> i felt funny yesterday. we had a three-show weekend, and i haven't missed a minute of it yet. i can't because we're still making lots and lots of changes, but yesterday we had -- i had something i had to do, so i missed the matinee yesterday. i heard it went well, but, you know, one of my favorite things is greeting everybody there and thanking them for coming in. they're coming in from all over the country, hoda. seriously. thank you, everybody. i'll be back again tomorrow night. wednesday, hopefully you got your tickets. it's sold out. hoda and i are going to be holding wine day wednesday matinee party at gallagher's. >> we'll be drinking with you. come join us for a sip of something. good news for just you know timberlake and jessica beal.

we knew they were getting married. it's official. on friday night in southern italy the two who have been dating for five years ended up getting married. there were 150 guests there. gemmy fallon was there, andy samburg. >> that's not from the wedding. it's a black tie event. >> there were fireworks and all kinds of things, and there was a picture -- was it in the paper? >> i'll try to find it. >> there it is. >> hopefully it is just because they're exhausted. >> and they're in the airport. >> and it's not because there's already trouble in paradise because this is not the way -- >> you see? >> yeah. >> can you come in a little closer there? just, first of all, they don't seem too happy. now, they might just be exhausted. >> yeah. >> could be. >> yeah, yeah. >> italy is one of my favorite places on the planet, you know? that's a beautiful place to get married. that's a beautiful place just to go and have dinner. just eat. go -- anything you do in italy seems to have magic attached, you know? >> yes. congrats to adel. >> she had a baby boy. >> we don't know the name. we don't know how big. we don't know -- ♪ it's skyfall >> remember, she came here early on in her career before she

was -- >> adel. >> before she was really famous, and every time she comes, she's so humble and understated. anyway, she had a baby with her boyfriend named simon, and she's 34. he is 38. >> good for her. >> everybody is talking about this. there's a weather man who apparently did something crazy on the air. >> we don't know what it is. >> we haven't seen it, but it's been circulating, so let's watch. >> this is a tropical storm. why are you showing me this? because john is going to move north. the moisture from john goes over. the spin, the storm itself will turn into a depression. nothing really to worry about as far as wind goes, but watch where the precipitation will go. some of it will head up towards the west. some of it will -- [ laughing ] >> oh, my god. oh, no, indeed. why are you showing us that?

we don't know. oh. >> oh. anyway, now, saturday night live apparently was fantastic. bruno mars was hosting it, and very rarely do they have the host also be the musical guest, but i guess loren michaels says let's get you for both because he is amazing. >> it's the highest rated "snl" of the season. >> good for him. >> there was a bit. we were talking about the brad pitt chanel ad. apparently they had some fun with this. >> this is tarn killian -- >> you want me to sound less coherent? really? okay. i can just start making up words. you like that. all right. splendiferous. magnificous. delicious. i'm sorry. is it just me or do i like super homeless? >> cute. >> it went on from there. you know what, if their point

was to get everybody talking about chanel, they are. i don't know how many people are buying it, but -- >> it did work. remember the other day we had all the cosmo bachelors here. >> a nice batch this year. either i'm getting really old, or there was a really good batch this year. >> we didn't know who was going to be the favorite of all the bachelors, according to our facebook people, but apparently everybody weighed in, and they decided that the favorite of all the shirtless men was anthony from brooklyn. he is one of our cameramen here. facebook fan alissa curtis wrote in. hi, anthony, my mom is a fun, outgoing lady who is looking for a down to earth guy with a peshlt and a heart. my single mother is looking for a man just like you. >> well, there's just one little problem. he is married. all right? he has been married for a long time. >> yeah. and i guess the big contest was won by mr. louisiana himself. >> yeah. >> ryan schenevere, and he won $10,000. >> britney seems to be getting around. britney is now -- she was at the

cosmo party. she was -- she's everywhere. >> that's all right. you know, she's already in love. she's in love with steve who is the -- what? what? >> you weren't supposed to say that. >> why not? everybody is in love with steve. he is the lead in "once." she's got to get in line. that's my problem. everybody loves steve. >> exactly. >> all right. no big secret. look what i'm looking at. look what i'm looking at. look just what was dragged in from brooklyn. >> yes, barry manilow is here. say something, barry. >> i'm here. ♪ you know i can't smile without you ♪ >> we know that, but it's so weird to see you sing there and not be playing the piano. >> there you are. >> we pay more if you actually play the piano? >> i can hear you now. sure. >> it's not just barry manilow. garth brooks was inducted into the country music hall of fame

sunday. that surprised me. i just thought now? he is the third best selling artist of all time behind elvis is second and the beatles third. garth brooks. >> love it. >> wasn't televised, but he said he was incredibly emotional about it. i like his wife. good for him. >> shall we talk favorite things? what's yours? >> you know what my favorite thing is happening tonight, and next monday night as well. david friedman, you all know him from writing. write me every month. he is going to be at 54 below where the old studio 54 will be. tonight next monday at 7:00 p.m. 254 west 54th street go to 24 below.com. he will be doing an evening of his own songs. barry is a huge fan of david's and performs some of his songs. he is going to be there tonight. i like that. >> yeah. mine is also a musical deal. katie perry. i don't know if you watched comedy central last night, but

katy perry sang a duet with somebody from autism. her name is jody piazza. watch this. ♪ make them go ah, ah, ah ♪ as you shoot across the sky, sky, sky ♪ ♪ you're a firework >> oh, wow. >> it was so beautiful that everyone at the beacon -- this was played at the beacon. they played together when it was -- i can't take it. there was not a dry eye. she got up after it was over, the little girl, and she had this beautiful embrace with katy. >> what a life-changing moment for her. look. she can't hug tighter, huh? >> oh. beautiful. what do you got, honey? >> that was so sweet. this is something that kathie used before, but this month lash control is donating 30% of the proceeds to look good, feel good for people in cancer treatment. the cool thing about this mascara is that you squeeze it so it doesn't get clumpy.

it comes out. you know you like it. >> yes, i love that. >> that's what mary, our make-up artist said she loves too is that it squeezes it all out. >> you don't have to do it yourself. it does the work for you. >> it's $20. you can get is at sephora or on-line. >> he sold more than 80 million records, and he is still churning out the hits. our friend barry manilow has a big announcement for us. >> from the new mr. and mrs. timber labouring and adell's bundle of joy. all the hollywood buzz after this. [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with a low national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on your medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go to walmart.com for details.

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♪ >> thrilling. for nearly 40 years -- the minute you hear the music you know that barry manilow has been a mainstay with more than 80 million records sold. he spent although money and wants you to buy his new cd, and tony and emmy and grammy awards to prove it. >> his newest album, it is titled "15 minutes." >> hey, barry. >> hi, guys. >> this is all based on the fact that -- it's all about fame, getting it, enjoying it, and losing it is a theme. >> you see "american idol." i did three "american idols" and i watch these young kids who have really very little experience suddenly become household names. how do they handle that? i mean, you know, even though i was an adult when "mandy" hit, it kind of knocked me over. i didn't expect all that. >> yeah. >> was it fun writing new music?

we're so used to your old classics. >> i love it. this one -- this "15 minutes" is more of an up tempo rock 'n' roll thing. >> i'm surprised. >> than i have ever done. >> who is this lyricist you work with so much? >> i worked with him on "mandy." i met him at the trumador. >> you cleaned up after yourself back then. >> he handed me a stack of lyrics, and he said would you take a look at these, and i -- they were great. they were great. most of the second album is his lyrics. >> oh, you're kidding. >> it is. that's why i'm -- >> all the fans who are standing outside watching you, what do they think of the new stuff? >> they're crazy about it. read it on amazon and on itunes. i'm so grateful because, you know, it's kind of different for me, that one. i'll be doing this single in a couple of minutes. you'll hear it. >> we listened to the cd this

morning. now, let me ask you this. you said -- i was surprised hear you say this that when fame first happened to you, you were surprised at how you became a person you didn't like anymore. >> i think everybody does. i think, you know, you turn into a brat for a while. i turned into a brat. it's all fear because your life changes overnight. suddenly they're treating you totally different than ever than you have ever been treated before, and i think everybody turns into a brat. >> you have a big announcement, don't you? you have something coming up. what's happening? >> here's what happened. >> what? >> we were going to try to make plans for next year, and, you know, i have been playing arenas and there have been wonderful, wonderful dates, and i got to new york, and i said it would be great to play a broadway theater. you know, i know all my advisors say, you know, don't do that. >> why not? >> well, you know, because you can play arenas. >> you can make so much more money in the big places. >> but you still are big

enough -- i said you don't know what i'm talking about. when you come from new york, the idea of playing a broadway house, a broadway theater is so thrilling. >> yes, and some of them are just empty right now. they're dark because they're waiting for shows to come in the spring. >> so we're playing at st. james. >> it's a great theater. just one night? >> i'm playing for -- until they stop coming. >> great. please play a little "mandy." >> really? >> just that part. >> you know, the intro? i'll be playing that every night at the st. james. ♪ oh, mandy well, you came and you gave what i'm taking ♪ ♪ but i sent you away oh, mandy ♪ >> in the original piece -- >> wow, that's what i was just thinking. all right. ♪ october goes >> oh, oh. >> you know about it?

♪ and when october goes the snow begins to fly above the smoky roofs i watch the planes go by ♪ >> that is a lyric by johnny -- that's why it was so thrilling to write a song with johnny mercer. >> johnny mercer. there was a huge thing of lyrics at the vatican, and his widow said you -- oh. >> can we -- >> it's a miracle maybe. >> which one? >> "it's a miracle." >> we just played that. >> yeah, but -- ♪ ♪ you wouldn't believe what i did the cities and towns i've been in ♪ ♪ every town in between >> that's it. >> i got to say too that david

pomerantz who composure on -- >> he is working with you. >> he is working with -- >> what a brelant guy. >> what a brilliant guy. let's do a little of that. >> as we go out. you're going to sing later in the show. >> he is going to sing his new -- ♪ i've been up >> that one? ♪ ♪ down, trying to get the feeling again ♪ ♪ all around trying to get the feeling again ♪ >> barry is going to be back at the end of the show. keep going. >> keep singing, baby. take us out. >> he is going to sing his new hit for us right after this. ♪ i love high, low everywhere i possibly go ♪ ♪ wow...

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30% less fat, 100% delicious. we get to meet our fan of the week. sarah, who is the lucky winner? >> just a little hipt. it's a boy. drum roll, please. our winner is brian hackel from chicago, illinois. wmat, channel 5. he is a registered nurse, and the fourth hour provides laughs for him and his patients each day. he and his partner nora sneak a peek at the show in their break room and have their own host chats in the hall halls of the office. people lot of them. brian uses the hot topics from the chat as a way to break the

ice and engage his patients. our "today" mug is proudly displayed on the nurse's stand. nutrition and fitness are a important part of brian's life, so he loves joy's fit club and segments about staying healthy, and he uses the advice for his patients. october is cruiseline international association's national cruise vacation month, and to continue celebrating we're sending you to the mediterranean. >> oh, my gosh! >> you'll sail on winstar cruises glitter and glam including barcelona and cannes, monte carlo, and rome. >> you are kidding me. >> the accommodations are -- >> how do they get on that boat? >> carnival used to own those. that's where we made cody, so be careful. >> you might come home way parting gift. >> jessica beal, adel, and today's buzz. >> we'll meet the newest member of joy's fit club.

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a kraft homestyle mac & cheese bowl. it's yours for a mere 30 minutes of a pg-13 movie. [ alien noises ] [ male announcer ] kraft macaroni & cheese. you know you love it. it is 10:26 now. good morning. i'm marla tellez. the weather is the big story this morning. meteorologist christina loren joins us with a look at the forecast. good morning. >> good morning. we're still getting some showers but not the heavy showers we had earlier. in fact, a lot of the activity is starting to subside. the entire front is pushing to

the south. watch out for slick conditions in fremont. still getting moderate rain in that region. let's widen out for you and talk about what's coming next. we are going to see another wave of moisture coming into the bay area but not until the evening and the overnight hours. the spotty clouds is an indication of a cold air mass that's going to settle into the bay area, keeping us nice and cool all the way through wednesday. intermittent showers, very light, nothing as heavy as what came through earlier. temperatures only in the 60s. 60 in fremont. 60 in san jose. will there be rain tonight for the giants' game? i'll have that answer today at 11:00. let's check your drive. >> as we've told you all morning, use lots of caution. still seeing pockets of wet areas on the road as we start to see some sunshine. this is a look at san rafael, 101, there was a car fire headed into the southbound direction. that's cleared. you can see the bay bridge toll plaza, congested. but blue sky in that shot. starting to see more green on

the maps, indicating things are moving more slowly in the east bay. but on the peninsula, pockets of flooded shoulders and left lanes in that area. use caution if you're traveling 101. >> more news after you after the break.

welcome back. we will have more of the day's top stories coming up in just 30 minutes at 11:00. including a new kind of starbucks that is coming to the bay area. we'll take you to the grand opening at 11:00. we'll also get a look at the

forecast. we have christina loren with that. see you this 30. >> we are back on this fun day monday, and it's time for today's buzz and all the hollywood celebrity headlines you may have missed over the weekend. >> here with all the scoop is the one but only naughty but nice rob. >> hello, rob. >> hello, ladies. this is a fun day. >> jessica and justin tied the knot. >> they got married over the weekend in italy. i have called every single friend he has in the world, and nobody will tell me nothing. his friends are really private. they took their cell phones off, but he didn't need to. he has the loyalest friends you could ever imagine. really not that many celebrities. it wasn't a big celebrity wedding. andy samburg from "snl" was

there. jimmy fallon. in sync was not there. it goes to prove this was a wedding about people that meant a lot to him in his life now. not necessarily from the past. this is a small wedding. >> close friends aren't everybody you worked with. just me and you. >> you two. the pictures are going to be in ""people magazine"" this week, so if you want to see that beautiful dress -- and who doesn't -- pick up "people magazine". >> it was a $6.4 million wedding, but they gave $4.4 million for the pictures, so -- >> it was a beautiful, beautiful wedding. >> adel had a baby boy. >> she aalso hasn't really confirmed. we do know she has a beautiful baby boy. tomorrow night is the red carpet for james bond movie that she has a big hit single from. >> right. >> she is going to be at home with the baby, and in the past she said she would rather have a cup of tea and a biscuit than be on a red carpet. >> i think that's why wul we all

love her. her talent is extraordinary, but the fact that she has her priorities straight is really, really -- >> the song in britain, james bond theme, has never been number one in britain. >> not in britain. i love that one. >> it hasn't been. ♪ live and let die >> paul mccartney? >> not in britain. he is talking about britain. >> he's british. >> okay. britney spears, this is a weird accusation, is accused by an ex-boyfriend of some kind of drug abuse. that's why she shaved her head. >> simon lufthe. it was a very dark, dark period for britney. she had this manager at the time, sam lufthe. he has taken her to civil court and wants some of the royalties that she's made while he was managing her, and it also came out that her mother who had a book out and said some very harsh things about sam. >> at the time, though, in 2007 i worked at a magazine that was the only magazine to spend a day

with britney. it was a really, really bad day, and i think during this trial we're going to find out how difficult that time was for her. i saw it firsthand. >> you don't think they'll settle it beforehand? >> i don't think so. i think the family is so angry with this judge is that they don't want to pay him a penny is what i think. i think we're going to find out some really dark secrets in court. she's doing great now. >> in -- >> that's all behind her. >> this is in the news. >> i love her. >> pippa has a book out. i think this is great. she's one of the most famous ladies in the world. we've never really heard her speak. now she finally has a voice, and we find out she has a sense of humor. she talks about how difficult it is to be under 30 and be famous for your sister, your brother-in-law, and your bottom. it's a book about entertaining. she's like a little british martha stewart. >> is she promoting it and going on talk shows and things? >> some press in britain, and i heard she is going to come to america, but i think this book

is going to fly off shelves regardless. she's already got a second book deal. guess what it is? how to throw a wedding on a budget. i'm not joking. >> her parents are catering. it's huge. >> don't take any advice from this book. >> is she giving away the profits? >> $400,000 for this book. we don't know which charity yet, but i think this is pippa's chance to step out of the shadows. >> poor little pippa. >> argo is still number two. >> it's a great movie. >> life after dropping 150 pounds. the newest member of the joy fit club right after this. thank you, rob. >> thank you. ♪ i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months,

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time now for look at me now, the joy fit club. >> the newest must be chuck volcker has lost 150 pounds, and he is still going strong. take a look at chuck's story. >> my name is chuck volcker. i am 41 years old, and i have always been known as the happy and larger than life guy. i was always a big kid, but i didn't really see my weight creep up until after my mom died when i was 21. after several years i weighed 330 pounds. three years ago i fell off a ladder at work and ended up destroying my left knee. i needed surgery, and being so overweight didn't help the pain

or the recovery, but over the next year and a half i put on another 65 pounds. i was at 415 pounds. i would break a sweat crossing the room. i snored and left poorly, and my legs were discolored. i met my wonderful wife adina in high school. she sat me down one day and told me that i was a great husband and father, but she was scared. at about the same time my orthopedic surgeon told me to read the book "turbo charged," and i learned that there are only eight steps to this plan. i thought it would never work, but i started the next day. i lost about 100 pounds in the first seven months. now my tastes have totally changed. i have energy for days. i sleep better, and i love shopping for clothes. my advice for people is to be your own friend. be supportive of your own goals and strive above all else to stay happy. >> beautiful. >> sounds like a great guy, doesn't he?

>> our friend joy is here with the details. hey, hon. >> i have to tell you, this guy has not stopped smiling since he landed in new york. he has the most happy, sunny disposition. you're going to love him. >> big part of the reason he recovered so well. >> his attitude. >> he loves to cook. he is so strategic in the kitchen, and he experiments with all sorts of spices and condiments from around the world, so he is eating a lot of salads these days. i wanted to feature two of his favorite salad dressings, and you all are going to try them. this is a fresh tomato dressing. he takes two blanched tomatoes and puts it many a food processor with some fresh basil, a little bit of garlic clove, salt and pepper and a drop of avocado oil. >> fingers. after you tell me what you think of it. >> hmm. >> 12 calories per table spoon. >> what is this. >> yes. >> delicious. is that awesome? >> wow. >> so this one is a lemon

tumeric dijon dressing, and i'm going to tweet both of these out and put them on my facebook. everybody needs his recipes. >> we'll look at chuck's before picture. all right, chuck. come join the joy fit club. ♪ >> oh, my gosh. who are you? wow. >> wow. >> yeah, baby. >> chuck, you look so good. >> thank you. >> wow. >> i feel very good. >> that book must have really worked for you, that "turbo charged." >> it just gave me a really good foundation, and on top of that i could just make it fit for myself. >> right. >> yeah. >> and you had a very supportive wife so, that helped a lot. >> always. >> his honey. >> always. >> look at him glowing there. >> you feel like there's no way out. >> no matter what your plan is, it's attitude. it's about feeling good, and there's so many people in the world that are more than willing to stand up and tell you how

much you suck. you can't afford to be that person. you have to be a cheerleader for you. >> absolutely. >> i look in the mirror and i smile at myself even at 415 pounds. >> even if you are overweight, it doesn't mean you're not that human being. good for you. >> you look great. >> you look and feel great. >> thank you very much. >> whoa! >> let's come in here and give a little hug. i got this snapshot thing from progressive, plugged it into my car, and got a discount just for being the good driver i've always been. i'm just out here, snap-shooting it forward. you don't want to have to pay for other people's bad driving, do you? no. with progressive snapshot, you don't have to. i'm going to snap it right now. bam, there it is. goes underneath your dash. keep safe, and keep saving. you know, i won't always be around to save you money. that's why you should get snapshot from progressive. all right, dude! thanks!

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♪ beautiful girl >> back now with today's beauty. we all go to work for meetings or our kids' school looking all put together, but most of us don't wake up looking so great. >> whether you have puffy eyes, a huge pimple or bed head, we

have some advice. >> we call it beauty 911 morning. >> you need it all too. >> yeah. >> let's pretend you wake up with a blemish, and you are kind of freaking out. let's what's the best thing to do? >> you know, you feel it knocking on the door. if you do wake up and you have wrinkles, you start to notice them overnight, it seems like. the first thing you want to do is look for a primer. use a make-up primer. this is a great option from la roche. >> it fills in those cracks and then you put it on top. >> it is like ph.d.y, and it keeps the make-up on longer. great option for you. if you do have a dark circle, the secret is not to cover it up with a lot of make-up. you want to actually reflect more light to your face. that's the secret to really looking nice and awake. this is from veil. it's their illuminating complexion fix. apply it to the hollows of your nose. that's where the dark circles reflect off of. if you brighten that area, you look wide awake. >> the hollows of your nose.

who knew? >> we only have two minutes to get all the way down here. >> you want to wake up your dark circles again, you want to use something that's going to cool them, and then for the pimple i suggest bring in the big daddy from derma blend. >> light are or darker than your skin tone? >> lighter. cover all the area too. >> let's pretend your hair isn't washed, but you don't have time to do it or your kids' hair. >> dry shampoo is the secret. this is a great option. it's only $6. then also for styling, this is a powder fix from color care that gives you instant volume. i like this because it's designed for color treated hair. you want to save that color. >> okay. you spend a lot of time drying your hair, but you want to soak the water out, look at this thing. >> this is fabulous. this is their quick style brush. it sops up the wet hair, and it saves time on your blow-out. >> did you blow dry her hair? >> i did. when you don't know what to do with your hair, the secret is just use an item like this. this is from goody.

it's their quick style pen. you just twist it up. then you are just going to kind of screw it in. like a little cork screw. it's so easy, and it just -- >> and it holds. >> and it holds. >> you might need a couple of them. >> a little more time. >> all right. >> let's pretend that worked. >> deodorant issues, sweating, and what not. >> sweating. i like to look at it as glistening, but this is the garment shield wrush literally put these pads underneath your arm pits inside your clothes, obviously, and it sops up all that wetness. then for your face because your face can also perspire look for their vichy matt moizurizer. >> this happens. we both said this happens to us all the time. this is from miss oops. you literally just rub it on. the rescue sponge. it gets rid of the deodorant. >> it's completely dry. >> a lot of women when they're

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the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> we're back again with one of our favorite people on the planet, barry manilow, that has brought us songs that make the whole world sing. >> barry has released more than 40 albums. his newest album is called "15 minutes" and it debuted in the top ten on the billboard charts. >> he is going to sing a song for us from that in just a moment.

the song i was thinking about was -- ♪ even now >> do you have a favorite of all your babies? >> i do. "it could have been magic." that was the first one from the first album based on -- >> is it because of that? is it sort of sentimental, or is it -- >> it's all of that. it was all of that. >> you know, you had hit songs. is there a formula when you have a hit? >> i have no idea how to write a hit song. nobody does. nobody knows how to write a hit song. you just pray. >> what are you going to sing for us today? >> i'm going to sing a that comes out of this album, and it's a real good uplifting title. it's called "everything is going to be all right." don't you love that title? >> i love it. >> now you're going to make everything good for us right now. barry manilow, everybody. ♪

♪ take it from me everything is going to be all right you wait and see everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ i can see the future there in front of me ♪ ♪ i'm here to inform you i like what i see ♪ ♪ oh, and here's the key everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ just wait and see everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ yeah, hallelujah joy is coming to you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ sing it to remind you happiness will find you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ that's right

♪ sure you'll hit resistance in anything you do ♪ ♪ depend on persistence and watch that come on through ♪ ♪ you wait and see everything's going to be all right ♪ ♪ singing to remind you happiness will find you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ all right ♪ hallelujah

joy is coming to you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ singing to remind you happiness will find you everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ that's right ♪ everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ everything is going to be all right ♪ ♪ ♪ all right >> that is fun. from the cd "15 minutes." >> that is so much fun. >> everything is going to be all right when you get to the st. james. >> so happy for you. >> thank you, barry. >> thank you. >> tomorrow "30 rock" jack. have a great day, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com